HT5621 apple forced me to change my Apple ID to my email address and some of those original purchases are gone

I recently upgraded to Windows 8 and 8.1 and now i cant get certain music from my devices to show up in itunes.
I have music on my ipod that is plugged in to my car from my original acct that is not showing up in itunes on my PC. Its like its invisible. the only thing that i can think of is that my original Apple ID is different than my current Apple ID. Apple forced me to change in maybe 2009 to a new ID to my email address.
Windows 8 seems to have issues with DRM or something..its like my different iTunes accts (user id...to email address) has hosed the music i originally purchased from Apple. Which is really not cool.
What do i need to do to resolve this?
thank you!

Apple did not force the user to do anything.
What really happened? Was the Apple ID updated to a new email address or was a new Apple ID created?
If the former, simply sign out of iTunes on the computer and devices, then sign in with the new credentials.
If the later, stop using the new Apple ID and continue using the original Apple ID.
Content acquired via iTunes is permanently tied to the Apple ID it was acquired with.

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I never had an APPLE ID with this email address and I have no idea why this is this showing to me?

Every time I restore my iPhone from iCloud Backup, this apple id SHOWS UP and asking password. But I never had an APPLE ID with this email address and I have no idea why this is this showing to me? Could anyone help me to remove it from my Applr ID as it seems somehow its linked to my iCloud Backup. Thank you.
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Hi Ralph,
I have received the iPhone 5s from my carrier EE UK. I never had a second hand device as all my previous iPhones received from my carrier. Every time I restore from iCloud backup, first I enter my Apple ID and Password, then it authenticates and goes through next process and updates iCloud settings, right after initial settings then it displayes enter your password where the Apple ID is the metntioned Apple ID and in the bottom it says "Skip this to go next process" or something. I have to press that everytime to skip it, then restore my backup from iCloud and then when I'm in iPhone home it asks me for the password of that mentoned email. So everytime I change the email address to my Apple ID then enter my password that activates my iCloud services and start downloading all the apps I installed.
Its really weird to be honest and I don't know how to remove that email address from that process and seems its there.
N.B. When I had iPhone 4s, Apple Store did replace my iPhone 4s with a new one due to the faulty WiFi.

I have an iphone4. every time i turn it on i get an old I.D. and a message saying, "Apple password " then my email address and asks for the password. I have a different account that itunes on my computer recognizes. How do i remove this from my phone?

i have an iphone4. every time i turn it on i get an old I.D. and a message saying, "Apple password " then my email address and asks for the password. I have a different account that itunes on my computer recognizes. How do i remove this from my phone?

to remove that account.
go to settings > iTunes & App Stores > click on that apple ID then sign out.

I changed my email address and now cannot play items purchased with previous email. This only became a problem after I got a new computer. The original email address no longer even exists. How can I access these hundreds of items?

I changed my email address a few years ago. I did not have any problems after this change until I got a new computer. Now I cannot play items that were purchased under the previous email. I entered the password that I used and it doesn't recognize it. I tried "forgot your password" in every combination possible. I never received any emails at the old email address. Now the old email address no longer even exists. How can I access these hundreds of items?

The old email address may well still be valid as your iTunes AppleID, however if you have no other email associated with that ID you clearly won't get any automated emails to it.
I still use an old defunct email for my iTunes AppleID.
Contact support here:
http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/ww/
You may want to try to manage the old ID here:
https://appleid.apple.com/
Use the original email address and password.
AC

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I changed ISP and had to change my apple id (it was my old email address, back when you had to use an email address as apple id.) Now, iTunes will not recognize my new apple id or my old one. How can I fix this? It won't let me do anything with the apps on my iPhone.

How did you change your apple ID?
I dont belie you can change your Apple ID, but you can add and delete email addresses that it recognized...
Goto https://appleid.apple.com/ and sign into your account... then you can edit the information...

Apple ID with Expired Email address and no password

I recently purchased a new macbook pro. For the past few years i have been using a me.com Apple ID. But prior to that, like 15 years ago, I had an account with eartlink.net as the email address in the ID. I no longer have an account with earthlink. When I went to sync my new computer with my iPad, I was asked for the password to this account in order to authorize the computer to play music under this ID. It has been so long ago that now I no longer remember the password. I tried to get it sent to me, but of course, they want to email to the defunct email address. The other way is security questions, but of course, I did not think it was any of their business what my birthday was 15 years ago, so I entered a fake birthdate. SO.... now there is no way for me to access this account and authorize the computer.
I will withhold any comments about multiple Apple IDS and not being able to change or merge them, but certainly in this day of software genius, they should have thought of a better way to deal with this.
Anyone have any ideas of how I can get in to the account to authorize it?
Thanks
Charlie

As I understand it you have an "orphaned" Apple ID that has not been used in years, whose email address no longer exists or is otherwise inaccessible, and you don't remember your fake birthday. Is that correct?
Anyone have any ideas of how I can get in to the account to authorize it?
If you ever bought anything from the Apple Online Store using that Apple ID... maybe.
Go there: Apple Online Store
Click this:
One of the options that appears next will enable you to check the status of an order, even one that was placed ten years ago. Fifteen, I'm not so sure, but I know their order status history encompasses more than ten years. You will need to find an option that does not require that Apple ID and password combination.
Once you reach the order status page you will see that "orphaned" Apple ID and the email address that no longer viable - they are separate, even though they may be identical.
Opposite Account Information there will be a blue Edit button, which you can use to edit the email address associated with that Apple ID.
Don't attempt to change the Apple ID there, but change the email address associated with it to a viable email address.
You will then be able to use that email address for the reset instructions that will be sent upon requesting to have that Apple ID password reset, using the instructions here:
Apple ID: Changing your password

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If all you did was update the Apple ID and not create a new one, then go to Settings, Store, sign out of your Apple ID and sign into the new one. The apps should recognize the update. If you created a new Apple ID, then you have a problem. The apps that are on the phone are connected to the old ID and would need that to update. Apple ID accounts cannot be combined.

I have changed my apple email address and icloud is asking me to sign in under my old email then saying my password is incorrect how can i change it pls

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I have a new email address and was successful in changing that information on line but my phone and iPad does not recognize the new address and I cannot update anything. It also does not accept the password associated with the old email address/Apple ID

I have a new email address and was successful in changing the information online but cannot change it on my iPhone 4S or iPad. When I try to fix the problem it requires me to create a new password and now I can't remember that either.

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HT204053 I changed my apple ID email address, and now I can't access my iCloud because it was listed with the previous email address. What can I do?

I changed my apple ID email address, and now I can't access my iCloud because it was listed with the previous email address. What can I do?

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I have an iPhone 4 and an iPod 4th gen linked to the same email address and apple ID. I am trying to set up a new email address for the iPod so a family member can use it but it doesn't want to recognize the new email account. Where am I going wrong?

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HT5621 apple forced me to change my Apple ID to my email address and some of those original purchases are gone

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